Legal Opinion
Rod Wallace v. John Wynne Herron, John N. Gulick, Jr., Law Offices of John Wynne Herron, a Professional Corporation, and Daryl J. McKinstry
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 5, 1985No. 85-1086PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Rod Wallace, the plaintiff-appellant, appeals the district court’s decision to dismiss his suit against the defendants-appellees for lack of personal jurisdiction. The plaintiff, an Indiana resident, sued the defendants, three California attorneys and a California professional corporation, in Indiana for malicious prosecution. Wallace’s malicious-prosecution claim is based upon a pri- or lawsuit in California; in the prior suit the defendants represented a couple, Donna and Willis Seely, who sued a number of parties including Wallace. The district court…
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